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WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | Georgetown faculty and students have expressed concerns about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid plan to launch a pilot program, Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, Jan. 1, 2026, in an effort to remove “wasteful spending” from the programs in six different states.

GU Reacts to Controversial AI Program in Medicare

By Sasha Ahmad, Deputy Science Editor September 12, 2025

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are planning to launch a pilot program Jan. 1, 2026, in an effort to remove “wasteful spending” from the programs in six different states. Georgetown faculty and...

Georgetown University | The Center for Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at the McCourt School of Public Policy launched a Medicare Policy Initiative on Oct. 29.

Medicare Policy Initiative Launches to Provide Policy Insight and Education

By Ajani Stella, Staff Writer November 8, 2024

The Center for Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at the McCourt School of Public Policy launched a Medicare Policy Initiative, which will provide quick, short-term healthcare policy analysis for politicians...

@FreeFactsOrg/Instagram | Free The Facts, a non-profit organization that aims to educate young Americans on important public policy issues, spoke on campus about challenges and misconceptions regarding Medicare.

Nonprofit Free the Facts, Georgetown Bipartisan Coalition Demystify Medicare

By Isabel Liu, Deputy Science Editor March 22, 2024

A nonpartisan non-profit organization busted myths and answered questions about Medicare, a federal health insurance program for disabled people and those aged 65 or older March 18. The event was hosted...

THE POLICY PROGNOSIS | Nonprofit Hospitals are Deceivingly Lucrative

THE POLICY PROGNOSIS | Nonprofit Hospitals are Deceivingly Lucrative

By Shiva Ranganathan January 17, 2024

The term “nonprofit” has lost its meaning as money flows into health systems with little to no increase in charitable care. Nonprofit health systems are hospitals that use their proceeds toward...

Hospital Overbilled Medicare

By Alex Styer April 27, 2012

Georgetown University Hospital overbilled Medicare by over $659,000 between 2009 and 2010, according to a recent audit released April 9 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of...

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